Aygül Özkan
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Aygül Özkan is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union
. Since 2010, she has served as Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration in the state
of Lower Saxony
, in the Second Cabinet Wulff and the Cabinet McAllister
.
Özkan's father immigrated from Ankara
(Turkey) to Hamburg (West Germany) in the 1960s, where he first worked for Deutsche Bundespost
and subsequently set up an independent business as a tailor
in Hamburg.
Özkan became a German citizen when she was 18 years old. She went on to study law at the University of Hamburg
, and became an attorney-at-law in 1998. She is married to a doctor who also has a Turkish background, and has a son.
Özkan joined the CDU in 2004. She is married to a gynaecologist
of Turkish origin.
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
. Since 2010, she has served as Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Families, Health and Integration in the state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, in the Second Cabinet Wulff and the Cabinet McAllister
Cabinet McAllister
The Cabinet McAllister is the current state government of the German state of Lower Saxony. It took office on 1 July 2010.The Cabinet is headed by Prime Minister David McAllister...
.
Özkan's father immigrated from Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
(Turkey) to Hamburg (West Germany) in the 1960s, where he first worked for Deutsche Bundespost
Deutsche Bundespost
The Deutsche Bundespost was created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost . Between 1947 and 1950 the enterprise was called Deutsche Post...
and subsequently set up an independent business as a tailor
Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers,...
in Hamburg.
Özkan became a German citizen when she was 18 years old. She went on to study law at the University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
, and became an attorney-at-law in 1998. She is married to a doctor who also has a Turkish background, and has a son.
Özkan joined the CDU in 2004. She is married to a gynaecologist
Gynaecology
Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"...
of Turkish origin.